The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-12-22
WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
The Division Majority Refuses to
Wheel Into Line With the
One-State Minority.

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Wheel Into Line With the
One-State Minority.
Leading Northwestern PEOPLE Unan
tmOus That the Senate Should:
Grant us Division.
Ever since the call for the Aberdee
convention, al obstruction movenleD
instigated for the purpose of thwartin
majority rule TIE ADVOCATE has main
tanned that the United States senat
should never consent to the admission
of Dakota as one state. The democrat
in the lower house OF congress all alon;
maintained that they would favo
whatever the people of Dakota woul,
agree upon. The people have spoken
They have rendered handsome ma
jorlty for division. But, as usual, tn
democrats are already hedging. The,
have issued manifesto threatening t,
force upon the people Of Dakota con
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stitutiOn whether repugnant or no, ant
! the only bulwark against this prospect
| i've state Of affairs is the United States
senate.
VIEWS or TIE PEOPLE.
In order to determine about how tho
| people of Dakota feel in regard to what
would be a fair and honorable position
i'l '''o 'o'i;''o " ii"'l'V"iii' lie adv "
CATE sent out grist OF circulars tt
leading Dakotans, asking for theil
views. These questions were as fol
lows:
1st. In the face of the division ma.
lo.lCy Iile peopie oi DaAosa nave rel
tLa Snnsto viii no csiIed npon 70 n.uc
an enabling act for Dakota as a whole
should the lower house send up such a
oi., - n, w 80. u,;a,- ITO aoo4,
shon,d in s;,ch case retnrn ] tho M hili iI'to to
tile lower house with an amendment to
the effect that the enabling act shall
"i.Jp9iS W oct..n D"ho.d
yatiye unon the question of division.
do you not think the senate should at
least tack Oil an amendment, Leaving
Tie question or olVIslon asan TO the
people, anG, should diViSlon carry, the
mos popui0aS man 10 cake advantage
ol tle cnaoiihS act:
4th. Are you llot IN laFor OF remain
ing territory. for a time rather than
accept adnlsSlon as whole, choked
down our tlroaJS, as II We're:
9th; What do you think of the pro-
posed Aberdeen convention?
THE ADVOCATE is pleased to note
the hearty endorsement the people of
Dakota are rendering to its views in
opposition to the Aberdeen clack and
tEe work that will he done before tbe
1ra;.o, c.,ta. o.4o 49,
" n''1" % ''."1e' ~ ,eiia'o Wv ..iiiil's WIZ. WIZ
ter. In answer TO the inquiries sent out
inc corrosnondence that Will ,nna,r in
oue 'l!he' lo'lay we present the views
series will be continued.
O. 8 G1FFcpn
,,o n g r;aoaa M n 1slo
gTess from Dakota, writes as follows:
EDITOR ADvocATE::-I the face of
the division majority the neODle of Ia
kota M a have | renderad do do hot ptpt1 tb;nt IN tho the
rannhlioonc in tho canata vii, n.ss or,
enahlin~ act for Datnts &c . vfole
nm in favor Of re,nainirm = ta,r;-
+orv at least until after the newt elac-
lion rathar Than accant adr,iss;on % 90 .
whole w. ''
The A aher,1ean convention will do M
rood va 0f Nt'''0' VIZ Wv '''
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an eX-congreSsman from Wisconsin,
writes:
EDITOR ADvOCATE:-I do not think
the republicans in the senate will feel
called upon to pass an, enabling act for
Dakota as a whole, simply because the
democrats in the lower house seem to
favor that idea.
| think the senate should now be
sufficiently advised of the real situation,
without putting the people of the terri
tory to the delay. trouble and expense
of another popular vote. The object of
a popular vote is to ascertain the will
of the majority. but this has lust been
dntejminGd if It he said that the
majority was small. suppose The Deopla
vote again, and there Should be a small
majority the other way. would the
senate recommend still another vote Z?
Where would the process end?
think the senate in view of all the
facts should do it's plain duty without
further temporizing, and that is, to in
STAT upon division and admission.
With The question fairly understood
it does not seem possible that the peo-
pie Of Dakota would ever voluntarily
consent that an empire as large in ex-
tent as the six New England states.
New York, Indiana, and Delaware.
and destined in the life of nations to be
as populous as these, should be repre-
septed in the United States senate by
TWO votes, While these othsrs have
EIGHTEEN! If votes in the senate have
any significance whatever, Dakota
should at least have as many as Della
ware and Rhode Island. Capital both
corporate and noncorporate is tortify-
ing in the senate. It can only be sue
>assfplly met by votes. The senate is
tl:a nations great corEt for the trial
OF impeachments. 1t holds in its care
sHa keeping the charaater Of all the
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